“That people’s freedoms need to be restricted again is, believe me, also difficult for me to bear,” he said. Mr Schallenberg said he and other officials had hoped this summer that a new lockdown would not be necessary and it was a tough decision to impose one that affected vaccinated people.
That people’s freedoms need to be restricted again is, believe me, also difficult for me to bear. Hospitals, especially those in the hardest hit regions of Salzburg and upper Austria, are overwhelmed as the number of coronavirus patients rises in intensive care units. Just under 66% of Austria’s 8.9 million people are fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. In an interview on Sunday in the Kurier newspaper, Mr Schallenberg said it was “sad” the Austrian government had to resort to a mandate to ensure enough people get vaccinated.
The details of how the mandate will work are not yet clear. It comes after the nation reported 15,297 new infections, a week after the number of daily cases topped 10,000, on Saturday.Ĭhancellor Alexander Schallenberg also announced Friday that Austria will also introduce a vaccine mandate as of February 1. People walk on the street in Vienna on the evening before the beginning of a nationwide lockdown (Lisa Leutner/AP) It is expected that the rules will last for a maximum of 20 days – until December 13 – but will be re-evaluated after 10. Schools and day care centres can remain open, but parents are encouraged to keep their children home.
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